Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song. Joseph Joubert More Quotes by Joseph Joubert More Quotes From Joseph Joubert Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench. Joseph Joubert wrenchesdoetime It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful. Joseph Joubert easiertruthbeautiful Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness. Joseph Joubert modestygracekindness Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute. Joseph Joubert disputeschildrenfirsts When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect. Joseph Joubert harmdoeheart In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver. Joseph Joubert coinsgolduse There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard. Joseph Joubert strikeswindow Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence. Joseph Joubert fingerspoetsilence You arrive at truth through poetry; I arrive at poetry through truth. Joseph Joubert truth Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology. Joseph Joubert foundationabuseevil Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself. Joseph Joubert charitableindulge-incharity There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment. Joseph Joubert fabricmealspeople One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty. Joseph Joubert joymenreligion The passions of the young are vices in the old. Joseph Joubert passionvicestime A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct. Joseph Joubert hypocritecharactermen Heaven is for those who think of it. Joseph Joubert heaventhinking If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success. Joseph Joubert successgivingmen Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity. Joseph Joubert simplicitytaste Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt. Joseph Joubert multitudesreligion Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary. Joseph Joubert charmcriticismshould
